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Edgar Farinas is the Miami-bred producer behind Push Button Objects, whose artful fusions of hip-hop, electro, and jungle have appeared through the American Schematic and Chocolate Industries labels, and through the U.K.-based imprint Skam. While hip-hop remains the core element of the PBO sound, Farinas combines the raw beats with treated electronics, bizarre samples, and rhythmic deviations mostly foreign to hip-hop's mid- to downtempo lope. His debut EP appeared through the Schematic label, now owned and operated by Josh Kay and Rom Castillo of Phoenecia and Soul Oddity, and remains his best work. Much ballyhooing attended his first Skam EP, due to the label's connection with electronica auteurs Autechre, but that EP is easily his least interesting work to date. Dirty Dozen, his first full length, appeared in 2000 on Chocolate Industries, followed by a few singles. Fly (You Ain't), an EP, was released in 2002 to prepare fans for his sophomore full length, Ghetto Blaster.
Wikipedia:
Push Button Objects (born Edgar Farinas) is an IDM producer. He is also one half of Ko-Wreck Technique along with DJ Craze, as well as recording an EP under the name Guineo. Push Button Objects has released albums for labels such as Chocolate Industries, Skam Records and Schematic Records. His self-titled debut EP was released on the latter.
Style
Push Button Objects' style of music uses hip hop as an underlying foundation with the addition of DSP-processed sounds, unusual samples, elements of electro, Detroit techno, Miami bass, jungle and other musical rudiments somewhat alien to the genre of hip hop. PBO's sound is comparable to his contemporaries like RJD2, Prefuse 73 and Dabrye.
